User`s guide

32 | Dexcom G4 PLATINUM Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
3
events happen, you might feel discomfort in the area the
sensor is inserted.
There is a remote chance that a sensor fragment could
remain under your skin if the sensor breaks while you are
wearing it. This did not happen in the clinical study for the
Dexcom G4 PLATINUM System. If you think a sensor has
broken under your skin, contact your healthcare professional
and call Dexcom’s Technical Support. Sensor breakage may
causesomeanxiety,butitisnotasignicantmedicalrisk.
3.2 BENEFITS
Real-timeCGMprovidesbenetsbeyondtheinformation
you get from a blood glucose meter. It provides glucose
readingseveryveminutesforuptosevendaystohelpyou
detect trends and patterns in your glucose levels. This trend
information can help you see where your glucose is now
as well as where your glucose may be heading and how
fast you may be getting there. Understanding your glucose
trends may help you take action to help avoid high or low
glucose values.
Alerts and the low alarm tell you when your glucose is
outside of your target glucose range and may help you avoid
low and high blood sugar. Rise and fall glucose alerts can
alsoprovidebenetbyalertingyouwhenyourglucoseis
rapidly going down or up. This way you can be alerted to
this information before you are too high or too low and take
action to avoid it. Real-time CGM can help increase time in
your target glucose range without increasing your time in the
low or high glucose range.
1
Real-time CGM can help improve diabetes control (lower